STRIPES (Gary Warner) - Pentagon innovation agency wants faster, more nimble hypersonic cruise missile | Stars and Stripes
DARPA wants a scramjet-powered missile that can fly more than five times the speed of sound and also evade advanced missile interceptors.
AI:The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is spearheading the development of a new scramjet-powered hypersonic cruise missile designed to fly at speeds exceeding Mach 5. This advanced weapon system aims to achieve the agility necessary to evade sophisticated modern missile interceptors, ensuring national security as global kinetic technology rapidly evolves against potential adversaries.Open